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I’ve been rather busy lately so my regular updates have suffered; hopefully, I’ll be able to update more than once a week in the future. I haven’t been watching much anime lately, but I did manage to catch a subtle joke by Mint in Galaxy Angel TV: Season 4. Despite her strange cosplay fetish, her…

Not too much to say right now since I’m heading off to Anime Expo; just another spatula and the ubiquitous Pic of the Week. Maybe I won’t need to rant this year…

Kanako seems to be pretty popular these days. The industrious SickC noticed Yuu dressed up as Kanako in Comic Party: Revolution (TV) to lay the smack down on Eimi. Apparently, Yuu is… upset. SickC also noticed a spatula, while I encountered a tidebreaker during the course of my travels…

Hoping to generate some more interest in doujin gaming at AX2005, I posted a flyer on the front of Real Otaku Heroes. Go take a look over there if you’re interested in meeting up. I’m going to break out the green backpack and have a sign that says “The Spatula.” My goal this time is…

Once again, we can see the foresight of Japanese animators when they consider their audience. Take for instance the first pic from Midori no Hibi, which heralds a global release of this fine show. It’s a subtle pun on the forsaken Hostess snack, meant to conjure up fond childhood memories for the elder generation, not…

Since I’ll be out this weekend at FanimeCon and won’t be back until Monday night, I’ll go ahead and post the highly anticipated Pic of the Week. Hopefully, I will be able to take some decent photos there for fodd… uh… display here on the front page. I’ll try to wear a sign that says…

Labeling objects, as seen in a previous post, as a means to build vocabulary is a useful excercise; however, in terms of Bloom’s Taxonomy, this is a rather low level of thinking. While this may be suitable for a particular audience (e.g. those who watch Hani Hani: Operation Sanctuary), this isn’t useful for one trying…

Yesterday, a party of more than 10 of the most sadistic doujin gamers in the Los Angeles area gathered with one purpose in mind: Summer of Eternal Doujin 2k5. The games on the menu were Eternal Fighter Zero, Queen of Heart ’99 SE, Melty Blood Re•ACT, Super Marisa Land, Phantasmagoria of Flower View (demo), Asuka…

When I was learning Japanese, one of the suggestions for building vocabulary was to place labels on various items around the house in Japanese. Apparently, the interest in learning English is very wide-spread in Japan as evidenced by the first picture below from Hani Hani: Operation Sanctuary.       The second picture, also from Hani Hani,…